got the same msg youre all getting but from (647) 722-5917. i called it back and they gave me that 1-800-#....just 'googled' the 1-800# to see if it was legit...and it led me to this website!! ahhhh...apparently theyre all connected!!
just so you know its not just this 416 number making the calls. how frustrating...you cant even screen with caller id!!

got sick of this number waking up my child during the day. Called 1-+1 800-223-5315 as they suggest, and  hit 9,1 to register my number (as displayed by caller id) for do not call with their service center. hope it works!

Al Maple was calling on behalf of the Toronto Police Association asking for money to support events for kids.

call at 545pm on Nov 26 2010Claimed to be calling on behalf Police Association for charity to give meals to kids.Really pushy and hung up when my wife gave me the phone.Sounds like BS. Not the first time they have called.

i am getting annoying calls from this numbers all same (police amateur, Canadian cancer, burning victim... wherever) asking for donation(416) 848-7843/ (416) 848-7822 /(647) 722-5905/ (647) 722-5930 / (416) 238-1249 /(289) 841-7109 /1-+1 800-326-1783 / (905) 499-2606 /(416) 830-1439 /1-+1 800-616-2023 / 1-+1 800-365-1522 /(416) 628-4561 /1-(250) 800-2500 /(647) 722-5879 /(416) 848-7850 /(416) 628-4533 / (905) 481-2918 /1-+1 800-713-5190 /1-+1 800-382-3690  when you don t answer they keep playing with number and harassing you

Got a call from them tonight, claimed to be calling from the Toronto Police Association to get me to buy a ticket for a disabled child to attend a Christmas event. I said I didn't do donations over the phone and they said that was fine they could mail me something and I could respond with a cheque or money order. The guy asked if I would donate $30 and I said fine - although now I'm wondering why that's important for mailing.
He then passed me to a verifier to verify my address which she did. Then she said "visa or mastercard?" like I had forgotten and I repeated that I would respond to their mail if I wanted to. Then she said ok and hung up without even taking down my last name. It didn't seem right to me.
I called the Toronto Police Association (found their number on the internet) and asked if they were doing this charity. The guy immediately said "Oh, you got a call from Xentel?", he sounded like he's gotten a lot of calls about this. He says that Xentel purchases add space in their magazine and they do work with them for their charity events. He said they did have a children's Christmas event 2 weeks ago so that's what the call was about. Isn't it weird that they would be asking for ticket money to something that happened 2 weeks ago? I didn't press it further, but this whole thing seems really wrong. The guy on the phone for Xentel was giving me the high pressured sales "don't you want to help a sick child?" kind of thing.
The Toronto Police Association should be more careful what companies they sell ad space to and associate themselves with.
Hopefully these postings will stop anyone from giving out their credit card information over the phone - just don't do it, for anybody.